On Wednesday 13 December, Chatham House, with BASIC and The Centre for Feminist Foreign Policy (CFFP), hosted a breakfast meeting on gender in international affairs, bringing together experts and practitioners from academia and the international affairs community from around the UK for an open-ended conversation under Chatham House Rules.
Global zero
Moving the OEWG forward
Global multilateral nuclear disarmament has proven over the last 70 years to be a process characterised by stagnation, originating from a series of competing international interests.
Report: Beyond the Ban: The humanitarian initiative of nuclear disarmament and advocacy of no-first-use nuclear doctrines
Deep dissatisfaction with the lack of progress in multilateral nuclear disarmament has led a large number of states within the international community to participate in a process to highlight the humanitarian impacts of nuclear weapons.
Lessons Learned from 70 Years of Nuclear Weapons
Nuclear disarmament has been the most desirable objective of global arms control policies since nuclear weapons were invented, along with general and complete disarmament. But it is also one that has generated most contention and conflict.
Is it time to ban the bomb?
Yes, it is long past time to ban nuclear weapons. But will a treaty banning nuclear weapons be a productive step right now? It’s far from clear.